linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] [APIC] Allow disabling of UP APIC/IO-APIC by default, with command line option to turn it on.

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Message-ID: <20061202085654.GC20509@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:56:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Ben Collins <ben.collins@...ntu.com>
Cc:	Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...l.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] [APIC] Allow disabling of UP APIC/IO-APIC by default, with command line option to turn it on.


* Ben Collins <ben.collins@...ntu.com> wrote:

> So while "ioapic" might make more sense, it's doesn't match the 
> opposing command line option of "noapic".
> 
> I could include this in the diff:
> 
> +/* "noapic" is for backward compatibility */
>  early_param("noapic", parse_noapic);
> +early_param("noioapic", parse_noapic);
> 
> And then add the "ioapic" option.

makes sense i think.

	Ingo
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